Friday, December 10, 2004

VERY BIG DAY FOR NOA!!
Thursday was a very exciting day. After running around all day long meeting with the rotary club, painting a new series I am working on, meeting up with Paul Lavoie and of course beginning the set up for the Night of Artists show at Investors group, the best news of all came via phone at 4 p.m..
Thursday December 9th is the day that CIBC Canada came on board with Night of Artists nationally. After creating a big proposal and sitting and awaiting the reply- the good news couldn't have been anymore exciting. Now as we go national we have some major backers in CBC and CIBC as well as the Ottawa Citizen and the Edmonton Journal. This will only make the magazine that much better!! Wonder what good stuff Friday will bring....
VERY BIG DAY FOR NOA!!
Thursday was a very exciting day. After running around all day long meeting with the rotary club, painting a new series I am working on, meeting up with Paul Lavoie and of course beginning the set up for the Night of Artists show at Investors group, the best news of all came via phone at 4 p.m..
Thursday December 9th is the day that CIBC Canada came on board with Night of Artists nationally. After creating a big proposal and sitting and awaiting the reply- the good news couldn't have been anymore exciting. Now as we go national we have some major backers in CBC and CIBC as well as the Ottawa Citizen and the Edmonton Journal. This will only make the magazine that much better!! Wonder what good stuff Friday will bring....

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Tomorrow is NOA at Investors group so today is the beginning stages of planning the set up and making it work out as good a spossible. Should be interesting to see what results come from this.
Yesterday the Edmonton Journal officially came on board and we are currently confirming the Ottawa Citizen and hopefully the Calgary Herald and Times Colonist as well.
The magazine is coming together nicely. Cathy Stevenson and Beth Dunlop seem to have it all under control.
I will be running around Edmonton like mad for the next few days getting stuff ready for a long road trip as I head to Ottawa for almost six weeks as I prepare the NOA expansion shows out east.
I will be going to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate in February as a guest of Sue Foley to witness an amazing concert and see about NOA in the middle east... that would be something eh? I hear those Arab fellas have a few dollars. Maybe I can make a career painting Oil derricks. I'll see what I can line up while i am there. Any suggestions??

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Been a while since I posted something... darn computer has a weird virus so its hard to get into this some times. Anyways...Busy as heck as always as we try to expand NOA into Ontario and at the same time keep the show solid in western Canada. Have been very busy also trying to create the Centnennial mural for 2005 that will really make some big waves!

Its all very exciting what lies ahead in 2005.

I am going to try to get back into more of a rouitne with this. So here was my day today...
Spent the morning putting together multiple proposals for sponsors out in vancouver as i try to boost the show on the coast. Had a meeting with Deb Thrall to go over show management for the Edmonton region for 2005. Began hiring bands for 2005... always fun... yikes! Drove my mom to the airport as she left back for the coast where she and my dad are spending 6 months with my sister as she has our families first child (grand child/niece nephew)
Cheryl Bozarth from NOA had her baby a couple of weeks ago now. She is leadin the baby brigade as Summer Bozohora and Michelle Vekved will soon be following... Kinda nice to see the good stuff after a challenging 2004.
Spent the afternoon dealing with new and old sponsors. Have to re-apply to CBC for the west coast. Seems a little odd and will take up valuable time but I will do what is necessary.
Spent the day making contacts in Ontario as we continue to work on show plans out east.
I have a big meeting next week at the Westin as we try to get some more concrete things in place.
Rset of the week is crazy as I line up as much as i can before i head east on Sunday.